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The Ten Tribes in the Light of International Anti-SemitismDuration: 36. 32 minutes
Hatred of Jews is found all over the world. The Jews Today have been persecuted and ostracized. The State of Israel encompasses about half the Jews of the world and represents the heart of Judah.
The Nations of the World in the UN condemn Israeli more than any other country. Hatred of Jews is their motivation. Israelite nations that contain significant elements from the Lost Ten Tribes within their populations have an ambivalent attitude towards Jews and the State of Israel.
In the past many of these nations helped Israel in some way or other. Lately they too have been joining the Gentiles in being against Israeli and the Jews. Supporting the Palestinian Cause is an excuse to be anti-Jewish. In general we may say that Israelites nations descended from Joseph (USA, UK, Canada, Australia) overall (despite exceptions) tend to favor Israel and the Jews. The others do not. The Nations of Joseph represent Ephraim. The State of Israel Israel is Judah of the Bible. This situation was paralleled in Biblical Times. The Hebrews came out of Egypt, passed through the Wilderness and approached the Promised Land. They sent 12 spies (one from each Tribe) to explore Canaan. Ten of the Tribes brought back a bad report. This resulted in the Israelites rebelling against God. They were consequently condemned to die in the Wilderness. Only their children would enter the Land after 40 years. All the others would die APART from 2 of the spies who had brought a GOOD report. The two good spies were Joshua from the Tribe of Ephraim and Caleb from the Tribe of Judah. Historically the British and Australians (from Ephraim) liberated the Land from the Ottoman Turks. They helped the Jews of Judah settle in it. After that the USA became a major ally and supporter of the State of Israel who is developing the Land. We thus find Ephraim and Judah working together parallel to what happened in the time of Joshua and Caleb!
Contents:
1. Hatred of Jews is found all over the world.
2. The Jews Today
Belief in Brit-Am teaching concerning the Ten Tribes is a possible counter-measure against anti-Semitism.
3. International Antagonism. The Palestinians Cause is a Cloak for Hatred of Judah!
4. Israelite Nations who are Against Israel
5. Israelites Nations who are Overall Favorable to Israel
6. A Cost Effective Approach
7. A Solution. Revealing the Truth of Brit-Am Teachings
8. Biblical Parallelism
9. Notes on Circumcision and Jewish Ritual Animal Slaughter
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1. Introduction
The Ten Tribes are today to be found among Western Peoples. The countries we identify as to a significant degree of Israelite origin are the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, Belgium, France, as well as groups in South Africa, and elsewhere.
This has numerous implications.
Today we want to discuss one of the numerous facets concerning the Jewish People.
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2. The Jews Today
The Jews are descendants of the Israelite Tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Levi, and minority representations of the other Tribes.
They also include some Gentiles whose ancestors converted to Judaism. This is how it was supposed to be.
At all events from the point of view of Scripture the Jews represent JUDAH! The Jews are Judah in Biblical Terms.
Almost half the Jews of the World now live in the State of Israel.
Not only that but the State of Israel encompasses part of the Holy Land. It is where Jews speak Hebrew and give most expression to what Jewish existence they have.
Enemies of the State of Israel are adversaries of the Jewish People.
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3. International Antagonism. The Palestinians Cause is a Cloak for Hatred of Judah!
Nearly all nations of the world are against the State of Israel.
Since the Holocaust, blatant in-your-face hatred of Jews has become unrespectable.
Judeophobes therefore tend to conceal their animosity towards the Jews by supporting Palestine.
The Palestinian Cause has become the arch-enemy of the Jewish People!
Votes in the UN frequently condemn Israel because of the Palestinians.
These condemnations are not justified and emanate from hatred of the Jews.
The Palestinians are the equivalent of Nazis. They work for the destruction of Israel.
The Palestinians receive support and money from numerous nations.
These include Germany, Japan, Arab Nations, and in the background also Russia and China.
These are all basically non-Israelite nations. They are the equivalent of Heathen Gentiles.
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4. Israelites Nations who are Against Israel
Supporters of Palestine ALSO INCLUDE peoples among whom we have found a significant present of the Lost Ten Tribes.
Ireland, for instance, is a firm traditional supporter of the Palestinian cause.
Norway regularly gives money to them.
Sweden is often critical of Israel and of the Jews in general. [ Norway however at one stage helped Israel. Even Sweden was once favorable.]
Most of the other Israelite nations (UK, USA, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Iceland, France) at times have been against Israel and in favor of the Palestinians BUT at other times they have helped Israel.
New Zealand in some instances has been virulently against Israel and/or Biblical values.
Australia and Canada have also at times been critical but on the whole less than the others. So too, with Finland and Denmark. On the whole they have inclined to be positive but not always so.
This is a complicated matter with pros and cons, changes of policy, differences in public opinion, historical experiences, and so on.
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5. Israelite Nations who are Overall Favorable to Israel
Very roughly, with numerous exceptions, it may be said that nations of Joseph (USA, UK, Canada, Australia) with the possible exception of New Zealand are more pro-Jews and pro-Israel than the others.
Even in New Zealand is not that clear-cut. Philo-Semitism exists. Despite having only a small Jewish community they had three Prime Ministers who were Jewish one of whom was a practising Jew.
According to Biblical and Rabbinical commentaries the task of the Ten Tribes was to lose their identity, become like the Gentiles, evolve upwards and reform the rest of the world in the process. Belonging to the Ten Tribes means that one is of Israelite Descent but not Jewish. They do not have to convert at present. Not sshould they wish to come at Israel except in exceptional cases. Whether this will change in the future is another matter. Eventually the Ten Tribes will return and re-unite with Judah (i.e. the Jews) but how and when this will take place is not known. The task of Judah was to develop the Torah and obey it and in our time to settle the Land of Israel. The Ten Tribes should be helping them in this. Some of them are while others at present appear on the side of those wishing to impede the process.
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6. A Cost Effective Approach
Jews have been persecuted and discriminated against throughout their history. At present the Jews are represented by the State of Israel in which about half of all Jews alive today are to be found.
Attacks against Israel are in reality antagonistic to the Jews. They are also usually also against the Israelites Nations themselves.
It is for the good of the peoples oncerned that they know their origins, that they face the facts. They need to cope with the questions concernign their Hebrew origins or lack of them if such is the case.
The question should not be ignored.
There is a Need to Combat Anti-Semitism. A Cost Effective Approach is advisable. This means concentrating efforts where the most reward may be expected.
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7. A Solution. Revealing the Truth of Brit-Am Teachings
Despite there being many among the Identified Israelites Nations who are anti-Jewish and anti-Israel, we may say the following:
(1. Among the Israelite Nations listed are to be found nearly all the countries that at some stage or other did help Israel.
(2. Relatively speaking these nations may be considered the best of the Gentiles and the least anti-Jewish relatively speaking.
(3. Descendants of these peoples in other areas (e.g. the USA) in many cases are those most prominent in speaking on behalf of the State of Israel.
(4. These peoples are among the most "blessed" nations on earth according to all accepted parameters. They are considered the most civilized. They potentially have the most influence and importance. They can do the most good or (God forbid) harm if they go in the wrong direction.
(5. Where these peoples hold mistaken prejudices against the Jews and Israel many of them may be potentially open to changing their minds. At all events they are the ones that may be the most reachable.
(6. Brit-Am has evidence from numerous sources concerning the Israelite Origins of a portion of these peoples. Much of this evidence has been published. More could be added. The presentation of what has already been made public could also perhaps be repeated and enhanced.
(7. By placing the published facts before the peoples in question (and adding to them) positive results may result.
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8. Biblical Parallelism
Parallels exist between the present situation and events in the Bible. This may yet become the subject of a longer more detailed article.
When the Israelites came out of Egypt they moved through the Wilderness for about a year before coming to the edges of Canaan. Twelve spies were sent out to explore the Land. There was one spy for each Tribe.
From the Tribe of Ephraim was sent Joshua previously known as "Hoshea" (Numbers 13:16). The name "Hoshea" is the same in Hebrew as the name otherwise transliterated as "Hosea." Joshua from the Tribe of Ephraim had therefore therefore previously been known as "Hosea."
Joshua was destined to lead the Israelites in conquering the Land. According to Maimonides he had the status of a king. He may be considered the first king of Israel. The last king of the northern Ten Tribes was also named Hosea (2-Kings 17:6).
2-Kings (NKJV) 17:
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Hosea (i.e. Hoshea) reigned just before the Ten Tribes were exiled by Assyria. In his time their lived a prophet also known as Hosea. He was the author of the Biblical Book of Hosea much of which concerns the Ten Tribes.
As stated 12 spies one from each of the Tribes were sent into Canaan. Ten of the Tribes returned with a bad report. This caused the Israelties to rebel. They were punished by having to wander in the Wilderness for forty years. All that generation who had refused to enter the land was to die before their children could continue and complete the Conquest of the Promised Land. The two exceptions were the two spies who had brought a good report. These were Joshua from the Tribe of Ephraim and Caleb from the Tribe of Joshua.
Numbers (NKJV) 14:
20 Then the LORD said: 'I have pardoned, according to your word; 21 but truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD 22 because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice, 23 they certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it. 24 But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it. 25 Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.
26 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me. 28 Say to them, 'As I live,' says the LORD, 'just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: 29 The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. 30 Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in. 31 But your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised. 32 But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness.
Joshua later became the leader of the Israelites in conquering the Land. He was from the Tribe of Ephraim. The Tribe of Judah played a pioneering role in the conquest of Canaan. They were led by Caleb (Joshua 14:6).
Judges (NKJV) 1:
1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, 'Who shall be first to go up for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?'
2 And the LORD said,'Judah shall go up. Indeed I have delivered the land into his hand.'
So too, in recent times a similar scenario has prevailed:
The British and Australians and new Zealanders etc were from the Tribe of Ephraim. Historically, in 1917 they freed the area of Palestine from the Ottoman Turks. After that the British enabled the Jews to settle in the Land.
The Jews fought against the Arabs and created the State of Israel in 1948.
During the course of its history there were time when the Zionist emmisaries or the State of Israel received assistance from Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc. There are all Israelite nations. Nowadays most of these countries support the Palestinians. Together with other Israelites nations (Sweden, Ireland, Iceland) they are often critical of Israel and supportive of their Palestinian enemies. Britain is sometimes for Israel and sometimes against it. The British Media is often prejudiced against Israel but its governments have tended to for her. Australia and Canada are usually pro-Israel. The USA has wavered from one position to another. On the whole however America has supported Israel to an overwhelming degree. Recently it has become more and more than ever a firm ally and friend.
America is also (like Britain and her daughters) from Joseph. From Joseph came two Tribes, Ephraim and Manasseh. The USA is dominated by Manasseh but from some points of view it may be considered as also representative of Ephraim.
We therefore according tot hese identifications have Judah pushing forward conquest of the Land and being backed by Ephraim.
The other Tribes are dragging their feet and even opposing this process. They are fulfilling the role of the spies who brought a negative report! Each spy represented a different Tribe. Just as Ten of the spies brought a negative report and caused disaster on all the Israelites so too the Israelite Nations who are critical and negative towards Israel are causing harm and damage to everyone includign themselves!
We all need to repent, to believe in the Bible, and do the best we can with what we can.
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Several of the listed "Israelite" nations place circumscribe (i.e.place legal limitations, pun intended) circumcision and so too on Jewish Ritual Animal Slaughter.
They adduce objective reasonings for this BUT it seems that anti-Jewish reasons may also be a factor.
We should not ignore anti-Semitism in these nations but neither need we exaggerate it. .
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Circumcision and law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_and_law
There are ancient religious requirements for circumcision. The Hebrew Bible commands Jews to circumcise their male children on the eighth day of life, and to circumcise their male slaves (Genesis 17:11-12).
Laws banning circumcision are also ancient. The ancient Greeks prized the foreskin and disapproved of the Jewish custom of circumcision.[4] 1 Maccabees, 1:60-61 states that King Antiochus IV of Syria, the occupying power of Judea in 170 BCE, outlawed circumcision on penalty of death.[5] one of the grievances leading to the Maccabean Revolt.[6]
According to the Historia Augusta, the Roman emperor Hadrian issued a decree banning circumcision in the empire,[7] and some modern scholars argue that this was a main cause of the Jewish Bar Kokhba revolt of 132 CE.
Antoninus Pius permitted Jews to circumcise their own sons. However, he forbade the circumcision of non-Jews that were either foreign-slaves or non-Jewish members of the household, contrary to Genesis 17:12 He also made it illegal for a man to convert to Judaism.[9] Antoninus Pius exempted the Egyptian priesthood from the otherwise universal ban on circumcision.
Before glasnost, according to an article in The Jewish Press, Jewish ritual circumcision was forbidden in the USSR.[10] However, David E. Fishman, professor of Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, states that, whereas the heder and yeshiva, the organs of Jewish education, "were banned by virtue of the law separating church and school, and subjected to tough police and administrative actions," circumcision was not proscribed by law or suppressed by executive measures.[11] Jehoshua A. Gilboa writes that while circumcision was not officially or explicitly banned, pressure was exerted to make it difficult. Mohels in particular were concerned that they could be punished for any health issue that might develop, even if it arose some time after the circumcision.[12]
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Do any countries other than Iceland ban male circumcision?
https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/28040/do-any-countries-other-than-iceland-ban-male-circumcision
In the coverage of Iceland's proposed ban of male circumcision of minors, I've come across comments saying that it'd be the first European country to do so, suggesting that non-European countries do so. I had a look at Wikipedia's article on male circumcision and the law and apart from possibly some jurisdictions in South Africa (I found the wording confusing), possibly the USSR, and possibly Nazi Germany, I couldn't find any examples of male circumcision being banned.
Male circumcision occurs outside of Europe - not only do many Muslims do it, but it's done by South Koreans.
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Shechita
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shechita#Animal_welfare_controversies
Generally these arguments are rejected by the Jewish community, who say that the method is humane and that criticism is at least partially motivated by antisemitism. A Knesset committee announced (January, 2012) that it would call on European parliaments and the European Union to put a stop to attempts to outlaw kosher slaughter. "The pretext [for this legislation] is preventing cruelty to animals or animal rights but there is sometimes an element of anti-Semitism and there is a hidden message that Jews are cruel to animals," said Committee Chair MK Danny Danon (Likud).[52]
Studies and experiments cited on the Jewish internet site Chabad.org include one conducted in 1994 by Dr. Temple Grandin - an Associate Professor of Animal Science at Colorado and a study completed in 1992 by Dr. Flemming Bager, Head of the Danish Veterinary Laboratory, which showed that when the animals were slaughtered in a comfortable position they appeared to give no resistance and none of the animals attempted to pull away their head. The studies concluded that the animals had no pain and were not even aware that their throats were cut.[53]
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